let's go to our windy and rainy expert. lawrence is track the storm. >> it's going to be picking up this morning as we see another wave of moisture off the pacific. already seeing showers and thunderstorms in the bay area. we have reports of some power outages, 1700 people without power in vallejo. still, it is going to be a wild morning especially this morning in much of the bay area. we are seeing some unsettled weather but another wave of moisture off the coast is just becoming enhancedded and will be headed our way so more lightning strikes possible. isolated hail. you are going to see periods of heavy rainfall and, yes, even some snow across some of our peaks. here's that system i'm talking about just beginning to put itself together and it's going to be pushing onshore a little later on so let's plan on t going to be another very wild weather day around the bay area. lots of clouds, you got that rain, periods of heavy rain, the possibility of thunderstorms, high surf advisory continuing at the coast. and cool temperatures, highs only in the 40s and 50s and

blustery winds. let check traffic with elizabeth. >> wet roads and we'll go out to san francisco first where we are getting video of a water main break that flooded a home so this wet weather causing numerous problems. this is 1900 block of alemany boulevard. it started underground. water started coming up on the sidewalk. san francisco fire crews are on scene now. one of just many problems across the bay area. on the maps, san francisco, this also just coming into our newsroom, a new injury crash. an ambulance just heading to the scene now. northbound 280 around the 101 interchange, new injury crash, blocked lanes. so take it extra slow this morning. this is what it looks like, a live look at the bay bridge toll plaza. traffic still very light but very slick conditions out there as well as very windy. high wind warnings again or high wind advisories for most of the bridges out there. our 880 camera, we love this because it usually demonstrates how windy it is. you can see it rocking back and

forth. these taillights, that is traffic moving northbound towards downtown oakland. so far, pretty smooth ride up and down the nimitz freeway. haven't seen any big accidents. and yeah, get your chains ready if you are planning on a trip to the sierra. maybe you might want it wait a little while? but if you are heading out that way, want to show you this pretty picture of interstate 80 at truckee. chains required on 80, 50 and 88. remember our radio partners when you hit the roads, kcbs 740-am and 106.9-fm. that's your weather and traffic. back to you. a reminder that you can keep track of the weather in your neighborhood. just log on to cbssf.com. we have realtime hi-def doppler on our weather page. it is 5:04 on your thursday. the commander of a special drug task force is behind bars this morning accused of selling the very drugs he was supposed to be keeping off the streets. christin ayers is in martinez with this story, joins us now live in martinez. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. normal wielsch is in jail here at the contra costa county jail

and he is, as you said, accused of selling drugs that had been taken off the street in narcotics busts that he was in charge of. cbs 5 has interviewed wielsch on numerous occasions as the commander for cnet the central contra costa county narcotics task force. th department of justice says he sold drugs confiscated by his officer. he was arrested after reportedly selling them to an undercover informant in what's referred to as a buy bust. there is no telling how many drug cases will be compromised because of his arrest. >> because i don't know again how far back these allegations go. a couple of years? then yes, it's a huge undertaking. we'll have to look at every case that cnet was involved in. >> reporter: wielsch's alleged partner in crime is this man chris butler a high-profile investigator who appeared on the dr. phil show and was a

long-time friend of wielschs. they are facing dozens of counts and this could change because the investigation is still ongoing. frank? >> christin ayers live in martinez, thank you. tonight president obama will be meeting with some of the silicon valley's top tech executives. the dinner meeting will be at a private home in san francisco. the group is expected to discuss the president's tech agenda as well as jobs, education and innovation. it's all part of the president's effort to reach out to the business community. now, the white house has not yet released the guest list but it's said to include facebook ceo mark zuckerberg as well as executives from valley giants like cisco systems, intel and google. the bay bridge construction project appears to be running ahead of schedule. let's go to anne makovec. she is near the bay bridge this morning to tell us what changes drivers can expect. anne, good morning. we are getting used to changes these days. >> reporter: yes. that's right. well, number one, it's very

rainy out here so we are prepared for that. but if you have driven across the bay bridge recently you probably noticed all of the progress that they have been making on the construction. here's a gorgeous view behind me. i'm right now in yerba buena island and you can see that tower rising above on the side of the current bay bridge. that's going to be the centerpiece for the new eastern span. taking a look at some of the construction that we saw late last year, that's when they were doing a lot of work on that tower making sure that it is going to be retrofit for an earthquake. all four of the legs of that tower will move independently to absorb the shock and hopefully that means the whole bridge won't come down when there is an earthquake. and today, we're expected to learn more about how they are going to be maneuvering the lanes around that area in the final steps of this process. moving the lanes and detours around the bridge. so we didn't have a lot of information on that this

morning. but we are expecting to get that and, of course, be bringing that to you tonight on cbs 5 as well as at noon. but certainly it is going to be an interesting project when it's all completed. of course, we won't see that until 2013. today though more information. >> they have made so much progress in the last couple of years. >> reporter: they really have. >> one more little change. thank you very much, anne makovec at the bay bridge. it is 5:07. imagine getting paid without even having to put in the hours. >> essentially allows people to get retirement for years they didn't work. >> little-known perk letting state workers pad their pensions coming up. plus, is california the last state standing when it companies to high-speed rail? how the loss of a key ally could derail plans for a bullet train. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

storm clouds rolling in again. snow in colfax. a winter storm warning up. there be careful heading to the high country, maybe snow in the bay area. details coming up. all right, lawrence. it is 5:10. the rising cost of state employee pensions is getting quite a bit of blame for california's budget woes. state workers can essentially pad out their length of service in return for a bigger pension check in retirement. they can buy up to five years of service without working those years. it's a program known as air time. >> when the state, you know, has these huge debts that it can't pay, it has to take that money from other basic services so although most people don't know it or don't feel it they are paying for it one way or the other. >> the "l.a. times" says by september, 47,000 state workers had signed

up for this new program, air time. san jose mayor chuck reed delivering the annual state of the city address this evening and budget troubles are sure to be the focus. the speech set to begin about 7:00 at civic auditorium. tonight's event will be far from festive given a budget deficit projected at $110 million. earlier this week, city officials said that a worst- case scenario could lead to the loss of hundreds of jobs in the fire and police departments. a judge won't make a decision until next week on a proposed gang injunction in oakland's fruitvale neighborhood. it would prohibit 40 suspected nortenos gang members from being on the streets of fruitvale after 10 p.m. and would make it illegal for them to congregate during the day. 20 of the suspected nortenos showed up at the hearing to discuss the proposed

injunction. their lawyers argue they are not active gang members. how you can get in on a surprise concert coming up. >> plus the high court of california stepping into the middle of the same-sex marriage marriage battle. the key question it plans to answer about prop 8. and it's white knuckle drive already for the start of your morning commute. we have a couple of major accidents that we're following including one in san francisco. we'll have all the details coming up. ,, ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

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good morning, folks. another day to hang out under the covers maybe a little long stormy weather, water on the lens, raindrops falling on and off throughout the entire bay area. it will be a wild day as we see lightning, thunder, hail, snow. doppler radar is picking up on some of the moisture outside. you can see some of the moisture down below making its way in across the bay. you have pockets of moderate amounts of rainfall. we'll see this picking up through the morning hours as we have a bigger cell off the coastline. scattered showers continuing around the entire bay area. things unsettled and wet across the area. be prepared we have a cloudy wet day ahead and the

possibility of isolated thunderstorms. big-time breakers at the coast this morning up to 20 feet out toward the coast this. afternoon, thunderstorms will likely continue maybe evening popping up more so. you can get an idea of the system off the coastline. here it is just really enhancing. it turned to white at the end. that's a sign of the system enhancing approaching the coastline getting the rain going so we are talking about decent amounts of rain around the bay area. unsettled wet weather will continue throughout the day toda on and off. impulses moving through keeping things wet especially in toward the santa cruz mountains. there they could see some significant amounts of rainfall but around the rest of the bay area not bad either. as much as an inch of rain in the north bay three-quarters in the east bay an inch on the peninsula, maybe up to two inches of rain in the just mountains. you get the idea, be careful on the roads or traveling around the bay area. watch out for some lightning. 40s and 50s for a high staying on the cool side. and as we look out over the

next couple days, a chance of more showers as we head in toward friday. maybe a leftover shower come saturday morning then we start to dry things out with a brief break but looks like more storms gathering again a chance of rain returning next monday. all right. let's get a traffic check with a very busy lady, elizabeth. >> i'm so busy i spilled coffee all over myself five minutes ago. i know, geez, all right what we go through in the morning. let's go out to san francisco. they are working to clear this accident right now. now, we know that this is a multi-vehicle accident, northbound 280 right before the 101 interchange. actually between san jose avenue and 101. we just got a call from lauren with the kcbs phone force who says they were running a quick traffic break and hopefully they are clearing it off to the shoulder right now. a couple of slow sensors making your way up 280 if you heading into san francisco. one of just several accidents we have been seeing across the bay area. that's one of our worst right now a lot of accidents have been popping up, spinouts quickly cleared to the right shoulder. here's live look at the golden

gate bridge. obviously very slick, wet outside. wind advisories in effect for most of the bridges this morning. here's live look at the san mateo bridge. the right side is commute direction westbound 92. it's still early, traffic still light so not really impacting the drive too much. we have fog advisories. lawrence called it a smorgasbord of weather today so we have a little bit of everything out there. highway 17 near the summit, fog advisory for the santa cruz mountains, really low visibility trees down as well as lots of reports of this. it sounds like a tree is completely blocking the ramp from westbound highway 4 to westbound 80. let take a live look out side. we have cameras positioned all across the bay area this morning. here's live look at traffic cruising across the bay bridge. so of no delay at the bay bridge toll plaza but yesterday when this rain started coming down we were getting a lot of flooding reports at the toll plaza. just east of the metering lights, as well. so take it extra slow this morning especially crossing the "s" curve heading into san

francisco and to the south bay we go now sewing you live traffic coming up northbound heading towards santa clara. so far a smooth ride in either direction. that's your traffic. back to you. >> thank you. it is 5:19. let's take a look at this morning's top stories. a top drug cop in the east bay is in jail this morning. that's commander norman wielsch of the central contra costa narcotics task force accused of stealing drugs confiscated by his own officers and selling them. a private investigator is also accused in the drug sales. there is a channels a new span of the bay bridge may be finished sooner than expected. president obama is coming to silicon valley. a dinner will take place at a private home in san francisco discussing the president's tech agenda as well as jobs, education and innovation. okay, sydnie. it will be at least 7 more

months before a federal court decides the fate of same-sex marriage here in california. the california supreme court has agreed to decide whether supporters of proposition 8 have the right to defend the ban on gay marriage in the federal case. the state court plans to expedite the case meaning it could hear arguments as early as september. six current or former city council members in southern california city of bell have been ordered to stand trial. they are facing felony charges for drawing outlandish salaries for serving on city boards and commissions. the judge ordered bell's mayor and five councilmembers to stay away from city hall and no longer participate in civic affairs. that essentially shuts the city council down for the next few months until they have elections. the defense attorneys say they are not guilty. 5:21 florida killed its big high-speed rail project between tampa and orlando out of concern it would be too costly. ohio, wisconsin and iowa have

cancelled similar projects. the florida cancellation could mean an extra $2 billion in federal money for california's high-speed rail project between the bay area and southern california. but long term, the florida decision could cast doubt on whether california can keep costs under control. it is 5:21. royal wedding fever is officially in high gear but we are going to show you one receive near that could literally make you sick. >> plus, philadelphia has a rocky statue. should detroit have a robocop? the mascot that's causing some controversy and how a bay area businessman is involved. ,,

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bayview, mission and chinatown areas. he is part man and he is part machine and thanks to a san francisco businessman, the city of detroit may get its very own robocop statue. the movie "robocop" tells the story of a murdered detroit policeman who is recreated as a crime-fighting machine. the statue idea took off after someone tweeted the idea to detroit's mayor and since then there is a flood of doe nations to bring it to the city. one person donated $25,000 for the project. >> it's for the people of detroit. that's what this is all about. i really hope that the decision how this could benefit detroit comes to fruition that this will spark other people doing more things. >> i'm not sure people will be flocking to detroit after this but they have a total of $50,000 raised for the statue

and it looks like it's on his way. prince is playing two shows right here in the bay area next week. those concerts will be at oakland's oracle arena next monday and wednesday. it is part of his first tour of the u.s. in four years. tickets for the oakland dates go on sale friday at noon. price start at $50 and then go up to $250. are you sick of all the royal wedding coverage? a graphic designer is poking fun at the upcoming marriage. she created the royal wedding sick bag. [ laughter ] >> she says it all started out as a joke around the dinner table and only expected to sell a few bags to some friends but the idea has taken off. apparently the first batch has already sold out. >> i bet the brits love that. there are so sarcastic and what not. i'm sure that will be a big hit. >> it's going to be a very exciting time on television. you don't think all the networks will be covering this? >> 2 billion people will be

watching their wedding. come on. it's 5:27. we are tracking the storm, heavy snowfall up? the sierra, lots of rain in the bay area. lawrence will tell us where it went coming up. >> president obama meeting with bay area tech heavyweights tonight. we have a sneak peek at the guest list. and authorities say he was dealing drugs on the job. what led to a bay area top cop's arrest. and today we are getting some new information on what we can expect in the weeks and months to come when it comes to the construction of the new eastern span of the bay bridge. we'll have a preview coming up next. ,, the next, you start one feeling a bit off.ne.

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your realtime captioner is linda marie macdonald. we're talking food here! [ laughter ] we're already almost there. >> but a big good morning to you. it is thursday, it's february 17. and i'm frank mallicoat. >> i'm sydnie kohara. thanks so much for joining us. your time is 5:30. okay, it is round 3 of the storms today so let's go to lawrence in the cbs 5 weather center. how bad is it going to get? >> it's going to be rough through the morning hours. showers and thunderstorms, lightning strikes, moderate amounts of rain in the bay

area. wet roads out there. it looks like it's going to be picking up throughout the morning hours. there is a wave of moisture off the coastline that's going to be pushing onshore. it will get things going more so. lightning strikes, hail, gusty winds and some snow in the mountains. expect plenty of rain on the way throughout the morning hours. then maybe some sunny breaks in the afternoon. out the door, cloudy skies, thunderstorms, and high surf. we have an expert to tell us about the roads. what's going on? >> we have better news in san francisco. i had mentioned an earlier traffic alert. they just cancelled it about 2 minutes ago. they got all lanes open northbound 280 right before 101. but look at the slow traffic on the sensors backed up from ocean avenue. hopefully things will improve shortly. just one of many accidents we

have been seeing across the bay area. that was a multi-vehicle injury crash. another reason to take it slow. out to hercules now, there was a tree down near the ramp on westbound highway 4. the ramp to westbound 80 in hercules. apparently some cars were driving by the tree hit it and then we saw a couple of accidents in the area. anyway, apparently the tree is now blocking the entire ramp in the area. so caltrans crews heading out there now to hopefully remove it. here's a live look at what it looks like out there. wet, flooding in the middle lanes. and yesterday, we saw lots of reports of standing water as well just past the metering lights as well so right now, we still have a high wind advisory in effect for the bay bridge. most of our bridges across the bay area have high wind advisories. you can see it in this nimitz shot. here's 880 through oakland. so far, so good though past the coliseum into downtown oakland. mass transit use it all on time. back to you. >> thank you. stay home or use mass transit. and you can keep traffic your weather in your neighborhood.

just go to cbssf.com and we have realtime hi-def doppler on our weather page to help you out. 5:33. this morning oakland police tell us they have no suspects for a triple shooting near interstate 880 and 98th avenue. three people were wounded on hunter avenue about a quarter to 9:00 last night. the victims are two men and a woman. two of them were shot on the street, the other in a car. they are all expected to survive. a top drug cop and his friend are in the contra costa county jail accused of stealing and selling drugs. christin ayers reports from martinez. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. norman wielsch was a top commander with contra costa county and its narcotics unit. now he is an inmate at the county jail. authorities tell us with the department of justice that he is a commander with the county's narcotics task force now accused of selling meth, marijuana and steroids that

were all rounded up in drug busts. department of justice says he stole the drugs from confiscated drugs. authorities say he was working with a close friend, a high- profile private investigators named chris butler who had even appeared on the dr. phil show. neighbors were shocked to find crime tape surrounding butler's home. >> the chp and about nine or ten police officers taping off this area of the parking lot and so i wondered what in the heck was going on and i motioned to one of the officers and told me that they were serving a warrant. >> reporter: now, both men again in the contra costa county jail facing 48 criminal counts between them. and the public defender tells us there is no telling what kind of effect this could have on some of the cases that were prosecuted, some of the drug

cases that were prosecuted under wielsch. they say an investigation will have to go under way and those cases could be jeopardized. >> it's incredible, christin. sounds like a plot out of a movie. thank you very much. christin ayers in martinez. it is 5:35. president obama is coming to the bay area tonight. he will meet with heavyweights from the tech industry. private event will be held at a home here in san francisco. the group is expected to discuss the president's tech agenda as well as jobs, education and innovation. it's part of the president's effort to reach out to the best community. the white house has not yet released the guest list, but it's said to include facebook's ceo mark zuckerberg as well as some of the execs from valley giants like cisco systems, intel and google. apple cofounder steve jobs is also believed to be on the list for tonight's meeting amid increasing concerns about his health. there are reports he has been seen at the stanford cancer center. jobs has a history of cancer

and recently took another leave of absence from the cupertino- based company. well, there are some signs that the bay bridge construction project could be finished ahead of schedule. anne makovec is near the bay bridge to tell us what changes drivers can expect. she joins us live on yerba buena island. >> reporter: good morning. we have a gorgeous view behind me. you can see traffic moving smoothly there on the bay bridge and to the side of it the tower that they are building. now, this project has been ahead of schedule for several months now. and today we are going to learn more about how they are going to move into the final phases of the project. and that is going to include some detours and lane realignments. here's a look at some video of the construction late last year. that's when they were putting some of the finishing touches on the bridge adding the final legs. now, all of those legs are going to move independently in the event of an earthquake, which will hopefully prevent

the entire bridge from collapsing. that is the purpose of this whole project, seismic retrofitting. when they finish this tower, it is 525 feet high. it is supposed to be at that height at the end of this month for the $5.5 billion project here of the new eastern span. now, the whole thing is not going to be finished until 2013. but in the meantime of course they have to move all the traffic currently moving on the old span to the new span. so we are going to be learning more about that today. student here to cbs 5. frank? >> it's a marvel. okay, anne makovec, live on the bay bridge, thank you. in san jose, mayor chuck reed will deliver the annual state of the city address this evening. that speech beginning about 7:00 at civic auditorium. it will be far from festive given the city's bleak financial situation. the budget deficit projected at $110 million for san jose. earlier this week, city officials said that a worst-

case scenario could lead to the loss of hundreds of jobs in the fire and police departments. >> if you think about our patrol force itself, is roughly 560, it least us half the patrol force that would be -- it leaves us -- half the patrol force that would be gone. we would supplement from other parts of the department but it's a significant piece of our department. >> the city council is urging unions to make concessions on salaries and pension. if nothing is done, the city could go bankrupt. a problem so bad, lawmakers are taking up an issue today about crib safety. >> a global recall by -- a global recall by honda and the concern with baden gins. coming up. ,,,,,,,,

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dangerous conditions for drivers headed up interstate 80. and this morning, towns in the this winter storm is causing dangerous conditions for drivers heading up interstate 80 and towns in the foothills with snow. >> we have proof, too. we have a reporter live at colfax with a look at the conditions. is it knowing up there natasha? >> reporter: it sure is. it's been a pretty light snowfall right so far sydnie and frank. but you know, rates overall between .25" and half inch an hour. an inch of snow in the last few hours. and we look at our thermometer. we are at 30 degrees. here in colfax, just 2500 feet. if you are heading up the hill, you have to carry chains.

and looking at video from earlier this morning, this is where most of the big rigs are pulling over being screened by caltrans and going further up the hill into colfax and that's where most of the trucks are pulling over to actually put on their chains. so if you don't have four-wheel drive, chains are required between this area all the way up to the nevada state line. so do come prepared if you must come up the hill but i can tell you it's a beautiful sight here in colfax. back to you. >> as long as you stay out of it. >> that's right. thank you, natasha stenbock. let's check our weather here down in the bay area. no snow but i guess diablo maybe mount tam? >> we could see snow down to 2500, 3,000 feet in the bay area, yes. we could get a nice dusting. the snowmaking its way up to the sierra nevada. they are going to see more snow as the day goes on. winter storm warnings up there some of the higher peaks maybe over 3 feet of snow in those areas. but locally we are looking at a lot of rain this morning. have seen some lightning

strikes out there right now. you can see some pockets to moderate to heavy rainfall. it looks like the system off the coast putting it self together going to be moving onshore through the morning hours so if you are getting up and it's not raining in your neighborhood, we have more rain coming your way. there is the possibility of some isolated thunderstorms throughout the morning. waves on the beaches, up to 20 feet. so be very, very careful. this afternoon, you may sneak in a little sunshine in between the clouds like yesterday and here come the showers as well as hail as the system rolls by with cold, unstable air. this is what we have been watching here the next batch of moisture off the pacific pushing through the bay area as we head through the morning hours. a wet morning and this afternoon a couple of sunny breaks and showers more widespread. unsettled and wet as the system moves through. showers continuing on and off with the isolated thunderstorms. santa cruz mountains getting hit hard from this system. maybe up to an inch of rain in the north bay, about three-

quarters in the east bay, the santa cruz mountains maybe two inches of rain up there and, of course, some snow across some of the higher peaks, as well. so it's going to be a cool day and it's going to be wet. 40s and 50s for highs. as we look toward the next couple of days, chance of showers continuing tomorrow, maybe even a leftover somehow saturday morning. then we dry things out. but we have a chance of more rain coming on monday and tuesday next week. that will keep our traffic gal pretty busy here, elizabeth, you like this stuff. >> you like it, i can tell. >> i do. >> lawrence has been a great mood the past couple of days. the more green on the doppler radar, the more excited lawrence gets. we have some drenched photographers standing in it. i'm not sure they love it. here's a live look at the bay bridge. traffic on the "s" curve so far, so good across the span but yeah, yesterday we saw a lot of reports of standing water near the metering lights, and just before the bay bridge toll plaza. so far metering lights are off, no big delays at the bay bridge

toll plaza. thank you for that shot. we have photographers all over the bay area this morning. here's a live look at 101 in san jose, more crowded in the northbound lanes as you head up towards santa clara. slick and windy conditions but a nice ride in both directions. earlier reports of a tree down, still blocking this ramp on westbound highway 4, the ramp to westbound 80. still completely shut down. there was actually a couple of accidents on that ramp as well. see affecting the drive for -- so affecting the drive for people coming out of franklin canyon. better news in san francisco. northbound 280 just before 101, we had a multi-vehicle injury crash cleared to the right shoulder. all lanes are open. so things look a whole lot better now coming up from daly city. here's the standing water on the bay bridge toll plaza in the middle lanes. again, watch out for some cars making big splashes as they drive by but so far, so good.

no delays heading into san francisco. wind advisories for almost all bridges in the bay area. here's a live look at the golden gate bridge, so far smooth commute through marin. remember our radio partners when you hit the roads, kcbs 740-am and 106.9-fm. we are also on twitter now. our producers are hard at work putting in all the latest traffic information. catch us on twitter at cbs 5 traffic. >> thank you. here's a check of today's top stories. the state supreme court says it will decide a key issue involving the initiative to ban same-sex marriage. the court will decide whether supporters of proposition 8 have the right to appeal a federal court ruling against it. and the commander of an east bay drug enforcement team is in jail in martinez this morning. norman wielsch is accused of stealing and confiscating drugs and then selling them. long-time friend of wielsch was

also arrested in that undercover sting. president obama is coming to the bay area to meet tonight with heavyweights from the high- tech agenda. it will be at a private home. the junior senator from massachusetts is revealing a secret that he kept for nearly 40 years. republican scott brown says that he was abused by a camp counselor when he was just 10 years old. he makes that revelation in his new book, against all odds. brown talked about it with leslie stahl for sunday night's 60 minutes broadcast here on cbs 5. >> you were actually sexually abused more than once? >> yup. fortunately, nothing was ever fully consummated so to speak but it was certainly back then very traumatic. >> the 51-year-old brown says he never reported the abuse

even to his mother. the house of representatives begins a third day of debate today on cutting billions of dollars from this year's spending bill. conservatives want to cut arts funding. democrats want to restorm family planning and health -- restore family planning and health research. yesterday the house cancelled $450 million for a costly alternative engine for the pentagon's next generation fighter jets. honda recalling nearly 700,000 vehicles worldwide. that recall affects the fit, freed and city compact cars. at issue, a defective spring part that may cause the engine to stall. so far no accidents have been reported but at least 72 complaints have been filed in japan. about 122,000 cars are being recalled in north america. 5:49. crib injuries in the united states are still high despite better safety measures over the past two decades. a new study finds around 26 children suffer crib related injuries every day mostly from falls.

researchers say cribs need to be designed better and parents need it make sure they are using cribs properly. a house subcommittee is expected to take up the issue today. colorado supermarket come up with a new way to entertain your kids while mom and dad are doing a little shopping. it's a shopping cart equipped with a small tv screen so kids can watch movies while rolling up and down the aisles. >> so now we can't just have the kids run up and down the aisles and fight with each other like i used to do? [ laughter ] >> no, now you can play videogames and hang out. [ laughter ] it's 5:50. know how fast your teen is driving anytime of the day. the new app coming soon to the iphone. >> i champion the fact that they are coming forward to do what they can. >> making a hard sell an easy one. the unusual deal between car dealerships in the east bay if you buy a car this weekend. tell you about that and more

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easier. welcome back. it's 5:52. travel between san francisco and the big easy just got a little easier. today united airlines will depart from new orleans to sfo for the first time since hurricane katrina. the carrier suspended direct service in 2005 when that storm hit that area. sfo will host a celebration at terminal 3 later this afternoon. and a bay area city is teaming up with car dealers to raise money for schools. 14 car dealerships in concord are taking part in the event this presidents' day weekend. the dealerships have all agreed to donate part of the proceeds from car sales to the mount diablo unified school district. money will go to music and

athletic programs. >> you think it takes the local -- i think it takes the local communities or the local businesses to put the money back into the community that we're involved in. and without us doing that, then i think we're letting the schools down. >> city of concord has put up $30,000 and the dealerships contributed $45,000 to promote the car sales campaign. okay, parents. take note. how about an app that tells you when your teen is speeding? it allows parents to keep track of their kids' car while they are on the road. you can set a boundary as small as a block or as large as a city. it's only available on android phones but in two weeks iphone users will be able to buy it. but it has to be downloaded to both the parent and child's cell phone for it to work. ibm's super-computer is the new jeopardy champion. that would be watson. he beat his human opponents winning nearly $78,000 last night. fans came together last night to see the end of the three-day

competition. first round was promising for humans. but in the end, flesh and blood proved no match for the metal and silicon. >> think it's a great result. >> very gratified at the result. i think it was earned. it was by no means a fluke. >> a happy computermaker there, huh? watson's racks and racks of hardware can scan 200 million pages of information at blazing speeds. 80trillion operations per second. the guys didn't have a chance. ibm says it hopes to use the computer technology, thought, to help doctors diagnose the patients. and if you watched it, you saw ken jennings because he knew the answer to almost all the questions but that computer just went right in. >> but it's like one of the scientists said the other day, you have this huge super- computer, people working for years on it, and it competes against a guy who had a sandwich last night. so -- >> that's true. [ laughter ] >> but they kind of use it to help in medical -- > yes, diagnosis and do a bun of

things. 5:55, we have our doctor of weather down in the weather center. lawrence, what's happening with the storm? >> we have those showers continuing outside. saw some lightning strikes coming in this morning so you get an idea that air is very unstable over head. right now the heavier amounts of rain focused to the north bay. you can see moderate and heavier amounts in this area. kind of catching a break in parts of the peninsula. the south bay showers in towards san jose. but a bigger batch of moisture off the coastline likely to get rain going, on and off heavy and pockets of thunderstorms, and maybe even some isolated hail. cold enough for snow in the mountains. so a wild weather day in the bay area off and on almost all day long maybe sunny breaks in the afternoon. friday some leftover showers, maybe even a leftover shower come saturday morning then a break then more storms on the way as we head toward the beginning of this next week. don't forget chinese new year parade out there right now just partly cloudy and chilly. temperature of 51 degrees. time for a traffic check with

elizabeth. >> thank you, lawrence. we saw that green stuff on lawrence's doppler doppler. let show you what it looks like outside. here's a live look at the san mateo bridge. traffic moving well but we have high wind advisories in effect for all our bridges. 880 through oakland as you pass the coliseum, we have rain, we have wind and we have fog. a fog advisory for highway 17 as you pass the summit coming through the santa cruz mountains. we have been getting a lot of calls from the kcbs phone force about this problem spot in hercules. the ramp one lane is now open according to ramon with the kcbs phone force. the ramp from westbound highway 4 to westbound interstate 80. but apparently it is starting to back up on surface streets including san pablo avenue. again a tree down in the area. there were a couple of accidents as well so kind of a mess in hercules. that is your traffic. back to you. >> thank you. 5:57. coming up in our next half hour, passengers at one bay area airport duped by a ticket agent. how she allegedly stole half a

million dollars from customers. plus, hitting the brakes on high-speed rail here in california. why there could be less support for the costly project. coming up. and we're going to learn more today about the final phases of the construction of the eastern span of the bay bridge and most importantly how it's going to affect drivers. we'll have that story coming up. and how a drug bust led to the arrest of a high-profile commanding officer in the narcotics agency. ,,,,,,,,

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i thought it was over here... ♪ [car horn honks] our outback always gets us there... ... sometimes it just takes us a little longer to get back. ♪ your realtime captioner is linda marie macdonald. caption colorado, l.l.c. comments@captioncolorado.com good morning, folks. got a wild weather day around the bay area, rain, lightning, wind and hail. maybe even some snow on the mountains. we'll have details coming up. and it's been a very busy start to our morning commute here in the traffic department. and we got new accidents just coming in, one in cupertino and another one approaching the macarthur maze.

we'll have all the details coming up. some of good news for commuters. the new bay bridge opening sooner than expected. what's being done to speed up that project and the detours in store for commuters. >> and we have a visitor. president obama coming to the bay area today. the exclusive guest list we are learning about. good morning. it's february 17th. i'm frank mallicoat. >> i'm sydnie kohara. thanks so much for joining us. your time is 6:00. the storms aren't over. lawrence is tracking the latest conditions around the bay area. >> i think this thing is going to be picking up heading in toward the next hour or so as the storm really moves its way onshore. we have seen showers even some thunderstorms overnight. some reports of some hail out there too. heavy rain in the north bay and rain in san jose. it's a wet beginning to the day but there are some breaks heading further north on peninsula but it won't last long. more rain